All in all we had a pretty good week last week on our Friday Locks. As a group we went 5-1 with the loss being OnlyOne's pick of Penn St. to be Rutgers by more than 6.5. JTE is also now 4-0 over the last two weeks after starting the season off 0-2. This week we've got a fresh set of picks among the games selected for the official CCM Pick'em Contest sponsored by Sooner Legends Inn & Suites. However, one of us is breaking a cardinal rule by selecting the Sooners as one of the locks.
Miami (-12.5) vs. K-State Nebraska vs. Wyoming (+23.5) Oklahoma (-21) vs. Missouri I'll be the first of the crew to take OU in a lock. If last Saturday was any indicator of just how good this defense is, I think any team struggles against OU. Missouri is coming in for what is a "revenge" game and I don't expect the defense to go easy. Landry has at least 2 TD passes in the first half and Whaley adds one on the ground. A great cushion the Mizzou offense can't overcome.
JTE
Last Week: 2-0
Season 4-2
Hate to go against a fellow conference member, but the K-State offense has shown me nothing to make me believe they can cover that number against a Miami team that looked very good last week against tOSU.
Illinois (-12.5) vs. W. Michigan
I'll be honest. I know nothing about this game, but Illinois has to be able to beat a directional Michigan school by at least 13 points right?
OnlyOneOU
Last Week: 1-1
Season: 4-2
Huge trap game here for Nebraska as they travel to #6 Wisconsin the following week. Nebraska will either pull up to avoid injury before conference play or get caught in the trap and fails to cover the spread.
CC Machine
Last Week: 2-0
Season: 3-3
Central Florida (+2.5) at BYU
Count me in as a person who is totally unimpressed with BYU this season. UCF will keep this game tight and may win outright.
UCLA (+5) at Oregon State
The two worst teams in the Pac-10 square off in this one. The Bruins are really bad but even at that I don't think they're five points worse than Oregon State, even on the road.